Summary: Six single people are coerced into filling out a form that searches for one's perfect mate. What if the outcome isn't to their liking... at first? This is my take on LOTM's YLC Challenge over at WIKTT.
**Runner up for round six of the Endurance catagory on the Multifaceted FanFiction Awards** http://multifaceted.creative-musings.com/winners06.htm

Summary: An annoying event causes Hermione to choose to spend the Christmas break in seventh year away from her best friends, but Dumbledore feels she needs someone to watch over her. How will Hermione react to the appearance of the Potions master on her doorstep -- and how will they interact when cooped up alone together for days on end? This story was written for the SS/HG Winter Exchange on Live Journal, for the prompt: A weekend alone for Hermione in the Granger's residence. Suddenly the Potions master turns up on her door step. For whom the bell rings, it rings for you.

Summary: Lucius Malfoy has lost his wife, and his son, Draco to Voldemort's wrath. He has also come away from the encounter scarred, and forever changed. Swearing to help defeat the Dark Lord, he offers the Order the use of his Library. Hermione has come to do research. She discovers that Lucius Malfoy is no longer the man they once knew. Although there is a rape and murder in the first chapter, it is not very explicit. Rated for later chapters